The Crossing....

We left La Paz last Tuesday morning at 10 am with light winds which laeted through the night giving us some good sailing and when it slowed down, motor sailing. The little diesel worked like a charm and hummed along, even as the winds got lighter. As a whole, the crossing was uneventful. We pretty much sailed, then motor sailed, sailed again, motor sailed and then finally on the last day, no winds so it was straight motoring. Very light seas, hardly any traffic, no moon as it set early each evening but that made for some very starry nights while on watch. We took 3 hour watches and our turn at the helm. The nights were warm and for the most part, we could do the whole watch in t shirts and shorts. When the diesel wasn't humming along, Crab or Crusty tended to snore a little which was usually a little louder than the diesel.... Had a couple of dolphin encounters which was fun, saw a sea turtle, lots of jelly fish, and a few seals. The dolphins came and left several times, seemed like we were the only show in town. They were probably a little disappointed in that we were doing less than 5 knots and hour and they love to jump in the wake at the front of the boat. Sometimes you could see over a dozen of them right off the bow. We arrived in Mazatlan just before 5 pm, called in to Marina Mazatlan just before closing and were greeted with a "No Problem Sweety". We were given a slip right at closing with a request to do the paper work in the morning. Nice to get into the showers and have a quiet sleep at the slip.